Partners in India

Our Partners in India

In 1995, Daniel and Avitha Victor founded the ministry of Agape Rehabilitation Center (ARC). Agape means “God’s love,” and the Victors wanted to share the love of Jesus in action. ARC’s goal is to help disabled persons gain economic independence through computer training. Read more…

India Abundant Ministries (IAM), located in Andra Pradesh, maintains four community centers, with the goal that every center reach out to ten local villages. IAM’s goals include providing for the disabled and widows, operating multiple tailoring schools to provide vocational training, administering disaster relief and drilling clean water wells in villages. Read More…

Living Sacrifice Ministries (LSM) is a Christian charitable organization striving for the development of society through its transformation. LSM was formed in 1997 and registered in1998 by Eliezer Devasahayam and his wife Prema, along with six young committed followers of God. These eight individuals came together and started LSM as a minor relief operation among the poor in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Read More…

Orphans Faith Home (OFH) began in 1972 and today has helped to raise and educate more than 1,500 orphans and other needy children in Andhra Pradesh. OFH also supports local school teachers and widows, and operates four Christian schools. OFH staffs a local medical clinic, runs a tailoring school, operates an inland fishery, administers disaster relief and provides clean drinking water in poor neighborhoods. Read More…

As a young girl growing up in Chennai (Madras), India, Iris Walter knew that she wanted to be a Christian missionary. After completing medical school, she was married to Dr. R.A.C. Paul. He was another Christian with a heart for missions, so Iris moved from the city to join R.A.C. in the remote villages of Orissa state to do medical and other missionary work among tribal peoples. Together the Pauls founded Reaching Hand Society (RHS). Read More…

Sahaara Charitable Society (SCS) began in 1994 and has worked with trafficked women and their children since the year 2000 through their Project Parivardhan. “Sahaara” in the Indian language means “Hope & Help”. Sahaara strives to seek out various underprivileged people groups in the city and bring hope & help into their lives. Its mission is to combat human trafficking, prostitution and AIDS in the red-light areas of urban Maharashtra. Read More…